Easy way to connect

Claes Leufven just gave me a hint that you can also use “attach”, the same as on other cisco products 🙂

admin@aci-lab-apic01:~>
admin@aci-lab-apic01:~> attach aci-lab-
aci-lab-apic01 aci-lab-leaf01 aci-lab-leaf02 aci-lab-spine01
admin@aci-lab-apic01:~> attach aci-lab-leaf01
# Executing command: ssh aci-lab-leaf01
Warning: Permanently added 'aci-lab-leaf01' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
Nexus 9000 Switch
Password:
Cisco Nexus Operating System (NX-OS) Software
TAC support: http://www.cisco.com/tac
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The copyrights to certain works contained in this software are
owned by other third parties and used and distributed under
license. Certain components of this software are licensed under
the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2.0 or the GNU
Lesser General Public License (LGPL) Version 2.1. A copy of each
such license is available at
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php and
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.php
aci-lab-leaf01#

Alternative way!

If you know the tep address of your leaf/spine, you can directly connect, otherwise you can get an overview of the tep addresses:

Now you just connect through ssh directly from the APIC Controller. No User required, PW is the same as for the APIC.

admin@aci-lab-apic01:~> ssh 10.255.120.94
Password:
Cisco Nexus Operating System (NX-OS) Software
TAC support: http://www.cisco.com/tac
Copyright (c) 2002-2014, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
The copyrights to certain works contained in this software are
owned by other third parties and used and distributed under
license. Certain components of this software are licensed under
the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2.0 or the GNU
Lesser General Public License (LGPL) Version 2.1. A copy of each
such license is available at
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php and
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.php
aci-lab-spine01#